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24 alternatives to Motion Monkey

BitTorrent/Youtube player based on OpenSource technology.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Motion Monkey launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   🐵 MotionMonkey 1.3.0▲92

   Streamlined Web + BitTorrent player from a VLC developer

   2021 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   MotionMonkey 🐵▲56

   Instant video playback from a single query

   2021 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   OneLinePlayer▲190

   The simple and beautiful embed video player for web

   2019 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Quick Player▲146

   Enjoy random videos ads free

   2022 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Sideplayer▲267

   Watch YouTube while you browse the web.

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Joker▲380

   Paste your Torrent or Magnet link and stream the content

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   BitTorrent Live▲254

   Live streaming video. iPhone, Apple TV, MacOS. Android soon.

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Bitmovin Adaptive Streaming Player▲94

   Play HLS or MPEG-DASH with no buffering and w/o plugins

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Pinto Web Player▲77

   Play videos from any website directly in this desktop player

   2021 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    APEnabler▲78

    Adds AirPlay button to custom online video players

    2021 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    FloatPlayer▲111

    Simple Mac app for floating a YouTube video on your screen

    2018 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Sync by BitTorrent▲131

    Fast, private file sharing for teams and individuals

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Playtoob▲24

    It's like Youtube Kids, for everyone. It's a YouTube player.

    2024 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    YTMP▲104

    Play YouTube videos as audio in background without ads

    2021 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    PikaTorrent▲97

    A modern, simple, connected and electric BitTorrent app

    2023 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    mps-youtube▲82

    Terminal based YouTube player and downloader

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Ziotag▲70

    A better way to watch Videos 🎥

    2020 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Btapp.js▲56

    BitTorrent's Torque powered javascript library

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    SelfStream▲48

    SelfServe Instream Video Monetisation

    2025 · selfstream.adpushup.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Chaos Monkey but for Audio Video Testing (WebRTC and UDP)▲41

    It takes an input video and converts it into H.264/Opus RTP streams that you can blast at your video call systems (WebRTC, SFUs, etc.). It also injects network chaos like packet loss, jitter, and bitrate throttling to see how things break It scales from 1 to n participants, depending on the compute and memory of the host system Best part? It’s packaged with Nix, so it builds the same everywhere (Linux, macOS, ARM, x86). No dependency hell It supports both UDP (with a relay chain for Kubernetes) and WebRTC (with containerized TURN servers). Chaos spikes can be distributed evenly,…

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21A
    AnonTorrent▲50

    2012 · karelbilek.com · its alternatives →

22. 22PH
    Player.html – the one file video library and player for any HTTP server▲20

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23CL
    Command line YouTube downloader,a universal media solution for everyone▲17

    m2m, a purely command line bash application which allows you to download any video or playlist off of youtube dailymotion and pretty much anything yt-dlp supports

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    TMDB Player▲17

    Watch your favorite Movies and TV Shows for free!

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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